Adopting network thinking evolves not only ourselves but all of our interactions at work and home. Read More
The Crux of Managing the Biz of You
Seeing a total eclipse is fundamentally different than a partial and only you can decide if it’s important. Read More
Learn to say “NO”
I’ve been reading Dr. Seuss to the kids while the significant other has been traveling for work. I’ve also been listening to The Ego is the Enemy, by Ryan Holiday. Mashing things up with the Biz of You resulted in the following thought. It doesn’t flow as easily as Fox in Socks, but it… Read More
Keep the Head Up
Having a little more time over the holidays affords a time for reflection. A year ago, I posted Managing Our Time and Distractions and linked to the YouTube video, Look Up. I still think it’s a good video. Others do as well as it gained another 11,000,000 views in the last year. Some of the… Read More
Approaching Major Decisions
It’s essential to know what’s important to us when approaching a major decision like switching careers, changing jobs, or heading into retirement. Do you know what’s key and critical in your life? Have you created a contract with yourself prior to negotiating a contract with a new company? How does your free time or time… Read More
Focusing on the Important Things
Determining what’s important in the moment is a key to the unlocking the door to an enjoyable life. As we mentioned in the last post, importance and urgency can be arranged to form a matrix. This matrix can be used to understand how we need to focus our attention, attitude and actions to create the… Read More
The Fire of Focus
Time may be the fire in which we burn, but our focus is what catches us on fire. Our focus determines our reality. It has the ability to stress us out, feel tranquil or simply be happy. Time is a limited renewable resource provided we wake up every day. How we use our time and… Read More
What’s important?
I had the opportunity to speak with our resident risk management expert today. We were discussing enterprise risk management, the tools to do so and what is necessary to manage risk. He then said something directly related to Managing the Business of You. “If you don’t know what’s important to you then what’s important to… Read More
Business of You 